Video Editing/Rendering Spec

[f0xy]

Hi,

I am looking to put together a new machine simply for the task of editing and rendering 720/1080p video in .mov format. I use Sony Vegas, although I have access to Adobe Premiere Pro via work if I see its quicker at rendering.

The machine I currently use is an old P4 HT @ 3.2ghz, 4GB DDR, 512mb Graphics, etc........very very old. Its painfully slow at rendering and takes upto 3 hours for a 10 minute clip!

I want to move on from it and build a new machine for the task - I used to keep up with what was out/most recent technology wise, but I've not really looked for years. I have a lot of data that I will be keeping my IDE drives (if motherboards even support them these days?!) simply just so its accessible. The PC/any new data will run off a new drive for system/data storage...

So I guess Il be needing Processor/Motherboard/Memory/Hard Drive/Power Supply......I already have a couple of SATA DVD-RW drives lying about, monitors etc..

I'm not after an epic machine, just something to edit and render short videos thats a bit more 'recent'. My budget is around £300-350, does anyone have any suggestions on what would be best?

Thanks in advance!

 

[f0xy]

I could make 4 into 2 with a bit of copying of data, or just use my PCI IDE card I guess...

 

[f0xy]

IDE Drives these days are slow and will most likely be a let down to any new system, especially if it's going to run Windows off it.
You can get fairly cheap SATA-II hard disks, I'd take a look into the Samsung Spinpoint F4.

I'm sure if stulid is about he can spec you up a good machine!

Sorry I should have explained a bit better. The IDE drives are only going to be in there for accessing the data on them (mainly documents/zip files/pictures). They are rarely used but I dont want to be plugging them in and out all the time just to get the data.

I was going to get a new SATA-II drive (500gb>) to go with the new stuff anyway...